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TLH TEFL Graduate Blogs

The Language House TEFL has a lot of great graduates living and teaching all over the world Read up on some of our graduate blogs and learn from their experience and adventures living in exotic locations. You can view some of the blogs here -  Language House Graduate Blogs Cheers, Chris

January and February TLH TEFL Course Discounts

We have a few spaces left on our January 6 and February 10 TEFL certification course in Prague and are offering discounts. Please reference this blog in your application. If you have ever thought about teaching abroad, this is a great opportunity. Find out more about our course and sign up here  The Language House . Get into teaching! Chris Westergaard The Language House TEFL

ESL Lesson "The Interrogation" Lexis-Intermediate and up

Here's a new lesson that deals with a review of family members, personal history, interrogation language, and more complex personal description language. It can probably be used for any level from pre-intermediate, but will shine best with higher levels. For lower levels, you'll have to limit the amount of language. For higher levels it will serve more as a language review with new new language added of course for the activation. At the activation of the lesson, students take either the role of a captured spy or an interrogator. Spies are briefly given fake family trees and description of family members that they have to memorise and answer questions correctly about from the interrogators. Introduction (just a minute or so) Walk in with a long coat and sunglasses and start questioning your class in a stern manner. Ask the class various questions about their life/background: where they work, about their family, where they live... etc.  Do this for a few students and the...

September Course Pictures

Take a look at some pics from our September TEFL certificate course in Prague. If you are interested in teaching abroad, sign up for classes on our website The Language House TEFL www.thelanguagehouse.net

Back to Blogging

What a long summer it was. Great courses and more students than The Language House TEFL has ever had. Time to get back to work. What can you expect in the next month? More free lesson plans, demo videos and brand new METHODOLOGY videos. Stay tuned. Cheers, Chris

13 Ways to Make More Money In Prague as an ESL Teacher

 Most TEFL Teachers in Prague make about 20k-25k a month. That's in CZK not dollars! Here are my tips to get past 30k and even up to 40k a month. 1. Get Good: Being a good teacher is the first thing you need to do. The better you get in the classroom, the more likely schools are going to give you more classes, pay you more and give you better clients. Students will recommend you more and approach you more for private lessons for themselves or for their friends/company. Try to improve on your skills daily. If you reach a wall, ask someone to observe you or video your lesson and review it. Also, ask to observe some good teachers and learn from them. 2. Ask for a Raise: Czech's hate giving out more money. That's just the way they are. No one is going to give you a raise, you'll have to ask for it. If your students are happy and your classes are filling up, ask for a raise after about 4 months of teaching. 3. Get on a Good Schedule: Traveling all over the city fo...